diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 74c26efb..d5e3b72f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fauna",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "version": "1.0.1",
   "description": "A driver to query Fauna databases in browsers, Node.js, and other Javascript runtimes",
   "homepage": "https://fauna.com",
   "bugs": {
diff --git a/src/http-client/fetch-client.ts b/src/http-client/fetch-client.ts
index 24a06a09..b4c1b721 100644
--- a/src/http-client/fetch-client.ts
+++ b/src/http-client/fetch-client.ts
@@ -28,11 +28,21 @@ export class FetchClient implements HTTPClient {
     method,
     client_timeout_ms,
   }: HTTPRequest): Promise<HTTPResponse> {
+    const signal =
+      AbortSignal.timeout === undefined
+        ? (() => {
+            const controller = new AbortController();
+            const signal = controller.signal;
+            setTimeout(() => controller.abort(), client_timeout_ms);
+            return signal;
+          })()
+        : AbortSignal.timeout(client_timeout_ms);
+
     const response = await fetch(this.#url, {
       method,
       headers: { ...requestHeaders, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
       body: JSON.stringify(data),
-      signal: AbortSignal.timeout(client_timeout_ms),
+      signal,
       keepalive: this.#keepalive,
     }).catch((error) => {
       throw new NetworkError("The network connection encountered a problem.", {
diff --git a/src/util/package-version.ts b/src/util/package-version.ts
index c16893cf..b3bd471e 100644
--- a/src/util/package-version.ts
+++ b/src/util/package-version.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 //THIS FILE IS AUTOGENERATED. DO NOT EDIT. SEE .husky/pre-commit
 
 /** The current package version. */
-export const packageVersion = "1.0.0";
+export const packageVersion = "1.0.1";